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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1950)
t&Th gtcrtetmcm, Salem, OrM Thursday. December 7. 195Q Oregon Farm Output Makes iff name, 100 B Br lint L. Madsen - Farm Editor, The Statesman Quite a block of Oregon's wheat producers find themselves living out of a cracker box. More wheat producers would like to live from out cracker box if there were onlv more cracker boxes. There can't be more cracker boxes filled In Oregon unless an eat more crackers" campaign is Inaugurated, i At least that seems to be the oninion of those who are now manufacturing crackers. There Isnt, they say, profitable room for more cracker-plants in Oregon. I i Cracker-flour is milled by most of the flour mill companies in the state. The amount of cracker flour milled, depends only upon the demand from cracker baker ies, r One miller estimated some months ago that at least 10 times s much cracker flour is milled in Oregon as is used here. Since most of the varieties of wheat crown in Oregon are partie ularly well adapted 1 to making crarker flour, more cracker flour eoffta be milled if a market was . available. FUur Shipped . Besides cracker flour, cookie flour is also manufactured here in large quantities. Richard K. Baum of the Oregon wheat commission once made the statement that the quality of the soft wheat -flours make especially good cookies. "At present some flour is shipped out of Oregon to California and oth er states, and in these shipments, at least two sacks of cookie flour are shipped out to one of the cracker flour. This cracker thinking all came about because of the conversation of J wo farmers. "Not much of the stuff we grow gets into national business. Out side of i the canneries, Oregon doesn't have many interesting processing plants for farm prod ucts." said one farmer. : "You can . say that again! 1 don't see why some 'of all this romance of i processing we read about can t be done here in Ore gon." the other answered. There was more in the same trend. It was then I thought of. Ore , gon crackers f and the new plant In Portland which turns out over a dozen million crackers a day. Certainly crackers . are largely flour. Just as certainly cracker flour is largely wheat. Largest Company Here The cracker and biscuit Indus try in Oregoriiis dominated by two large companies, the two largest companies in the nation. The Na tional Biscuit company is the larg est. The Sunshine Biscuit com- pany is second in output in the nation. Both jof these companies operate mills bf their own. Both also buy additional soft wheat flours. The Sunshine Biscuit company bakes soda crackers at its Fort land bakery on a six-day week schedule. Some cookies and a full line of candies are made there. There are many other bakery plants, much larger, owned by this company. But its largest flour mill is located at The Dalles. This has a milling capacity of four thousand 100-pound bags per day. The wheat used is brought direct . ly from the growers in almost all Instances. . The National Biscuit company , completed its new $10,000,000 plant at Portland this fall. It opened for operation in October. Bated as the biggest bakery west of Chicago, the plant embraces 390,000 square feet bf floor space. Capacity is, a million and a half dollars worth of bakery products a month. This company processes more than 45 per cent of the crackers used in the United States. 409-foot Ovens ; The ovens alone in this new plant are each 400 feet long and there are six of them. They oc cupy a huge room measuring 750 by 150 feet. Pans of batter are placed on a,, slowly moving belt (that's where the term "band" oven comes from). The belt is timed to take the batter through a heated tunnel for the proper baking period. When done the . product moves to the packaging department In an eight hour shift - one of the six ovens consumes 125 barrels of flour. , For each barrel of flour how miay bushels of wheat are used? The wheat growers can go on from here. The National "Biscuit company officials gave as one of their rea sons for locating in Portland that here was the center "of the supply of raw materials which make up about 52 per cent of the manufac turing costs. And now to get back to Mr. . Baum of the wheat commission. In i recent report published by Oregon's wheat commission, he saidT "The1 soft' wheat varieties grown in the northwest territory are all desirable excepting Rex. There is a great need for local wheat n volume which runs 10 per cent to 11 per cent protein. Low protein wheat necessitates Importing ; Montana wheat for strength, whereas local varieties of sufficient strength would be used if, available." WILLAMETTE VALLEY- FARMER News and Views of Farm and Garden -By ULLIE L MADSEN Sheepbreeders Arrange Full Day's Program An array of prominent names appear on the speaking roster planned for the annual meeting of the Oregon Purebred Sheep Breeders association. The meeting will be held at the American Le gion club at 2650 South Commer cial street, Salem, December 19, starting at 1:30 pjn. Claude Steus loff Is president of the group. Judge T. Brand will be banquet speaker at 6:30. He will be intro duced by Walter Holt, manager of the Pacific International live stock association, banquet toast master. Other speakers during the af ternoon and evening sessions in clude W. P. Wing, secretary of the California Wool Growers; How ard Vaughn, Dixon, Calif, presi dent of the National Wool Crow en; W. J. Steiwer, president of the Oregon Wool Growers: Mrs. Floyd T. Fox, president of the Oregon Wool Growers auxiliary. Too get four women together, no matter where they are from, they'll find something to talk about. Thla'l 5?ndjHgg' Sale sheep breed iia iiiiiii, II.. ii ili i.. mtm- - " I A t 1 W 5 x 1 r-t - ' ' T . i y , . - - Vv W Larger Receipts Higher Cost Scheduled for Farms in 1951 The general farm outlook for Oregon in 1951 is for larger farm receipts and higher farm costs, ac cording to a report Just issued by the extension service at Oregon State college. Gross farm receipts are expect ed to be larger for two reasons: a moderate Increase in output (if weather permits) and somewhat higher average prices. Higher prices are expected, especially for preferred foods, owing to increas ing consumer purchasing power and an expected higher support price level as the parity index of farm cost prices goes up. The parity index includes com modities bought by farmers for production and living, and also hired labor, taxes and interest. The index is expected to go on up at least 5 per cent during the next 12 months, and a new all time peak in farm production ex- picture Is proof. Here are from left to right, Mrs. Vers Scott, secretary of the Oregon Wool Growers association; Mrs. Floyd T. Fox, president of the association; Jane Burke, newly appointed county ex tension agent In home economics, Marion county, and Sang Won Woo of Seoul, South Korea. The four got together at the recent Marion County Livestock association meeting at Waldo Hills and In a few minutes they were visiting like old-time friends. (Farm Photo for The Statesman.) 0 IT . . SmM i.fr, ' - jk - ' - , , The new officers for the Marion County Livestock association, from left to richt, J. J. Thompson, Sa lem, vice president; Alvin Hartley, Silverton Hills, president; Ben A. .Newell, Marion county agent, sec retary, and Lyle McKinley, Woodburn, director. Statesman Farm photo.) er, and George Cadmus, former Oregon State college faculty mem ber, now with the Philomath Feed company. Vaughn will show pictures tak en of the Royal Livestock show in England, of sheep projects both in uigiana and Switzerland, Stei wer will report on the national wool growers' convention held tnis past week in CasDer. Wvo Hogg who judged at the Chicago International show, will speak on that event, and Cadmus will soeak on the sheep feed outlook for the coming year. Also to appear on the afternoon program will be a breeders' for um directed by Floyd Edwards oi AID any. A feature of the meeting will be the presentation of the Oregon rureorea neepbreeders troDhv xnis tropby is presented each year to the exhibitor who contrib utes we most to breed type at uie annual ram sale. Eugene F. nuDDara of Corvallis will make me presentation. The association has approxi mately 100 members, Mr. Steus- iou reports, Chick Raisers Are Expecting Price Boost Poultrymen can expect to pay a little more for baby chicks next year. Chick prices, following the gen eral price pattern, are inching up wards, . Noel Bennion, Oregon State college extension poultry specialist, has. learned as a result of his annual statewide hatchery "intention" survey. Oregon's 1951 chick hatch, the specialist predicts, will approach thirteen million birds, five per cent above this year. To carry out the survey, hatch eries throughout the state were contacted. How many chicks do you intend to hatch next year, and UGaumelli HsunmlbilDuiigs penses Is expected In 1951. Consumer demand is expected to be especially strong for meat and the supply of beef and lamb will not be much If any larger. Pork production will be around 5 per cent greater, however. The report contains sections on 10 phases of the outlook: demand. gross farm Income, production costs, net dollar farm income, real iar.n income, production pros pects, national production trends. West Coast trends, and short terra commodity outlooks. A schedule of additional outlook reports to follow in groups of Oregon's farm products In 1951 is given.' Current 'and historical data on farm commodity prices nd costs are given tn several tables and graphs, and summarized in a spe cial section. Copies of the report are available from county exten sion agents pr from the college. Farm Calendar These two weeks it lust can't be-rambling that the farm editor is to do if she is to keep even one jump behind the agricultural meetings scheduled. No one knows just how it happened, but it does seem that the farmers have sched uled themselves pretty full. While the meetings all come under dif ferent heads, a lot of them over lap so far ' as attendance is con cerned. It started Tuesday with two meetings scheduled. There was the Guernsey breeders association meeting at the Osborn hotel at Eugene and the Polk County Farm warehouse tour across the river, Then Wednesday the Northwest what prices are you expecting to Turkey show opened at Roseburg, ask, were among questions asked. White Leghorns Down Only reductions in chick prices are expected in White Leghorns, the survey revealed. Hatcherymen expect an average 17 cents apiece for straight run White Leghorn chicks as compared with an ave rage 18 cents received this year Sexed White Leghorn pullets will bring about 35 cents as compared with 36 cents received in 1950., These are average prices, the specialist emphasizes, arriving at by averaging returns from the survey, report forms. Prices will vary somewhat by locality and the survey merely reported think ing of hatcherymen in October this year several months ahead of peak hatchery operations. 13 Cents Expected - Advances are- predicted for heavy type chicks, especially cock erels which will go into broiler production. Hatcherymen expect to receive about 13 cents apiece for heavy type cockerels as com pared with 12 cents, the average receiving price this year. Premium for hatching eggs will stay about 20 cents above the price for grade A large when the producer furnishes the males. In cases where the hatcheryman pro vides the male birds, the margin will average about two cents less a dozen, the survey shows. Nematode Staff Member Added North Marion county soil district election was held at Woodburn, the Marion County Breeders as sociation at Silverton, the Willam ette valley basin meeting at Sa lem. The rest of this week includes the annual meeting of the Nut Growers Society of Oregon and Washington, Thursday and Friday at Salem, the Oregon State Hoi stem association meeting Thurs day, Salem; the annual Wheat Growers league Thursday to Sat urday at The Dalles, the state corn show at Silverton, Friday ana Saturday. Next week is al most as full, the Calendar shows, Buy 'Molasses Early For Next Spring, Feeders Are Told '; As molasses supplies for silair making in 1951 will probably be short, dairymen and stock feed ers are being encouraged to lay In a supply now if ensiling will be one of their jobs next spring. Prices are expected ; to remain higher than last season and bulk or barrel - storage now may pay dividends. Cane molasses can well be fed free choice to dairy cows, accord Inr. to Ben A. NewelL county ex tension agent. They will consume from 2 to 0 pounds a day. To com pare the dollar value of the total digestible nutrients value of mo lasaes with oats, multiply the price per .Jon by 9 cents and the price The "addition of Dr. Harold J, Jensen, a specialist in nematode problems, to the staff of the Ore gon State college agricultural ex penment station has been an nounced by F. E. Price, dean and director of agriculture. Although nematodes are be coming increasingly important as plant parasites, their significance as pests has been overlooked in the past. Many agricultural crops are attacked and suffer losses ranging from a trace to almost complete crop failure. Dr. Jensen, one of a very lim ited number of men specially trained in nematology, will con duct research for the experiment station on nematode problems of the state. In addition, he will of fer a graduate course in nema tology in the department of bot any and plant pathology. The new course will make OSC the second state college in the U. S. offering specialized study in the field of nematology. Dr. Jensen, who is from Mount Vernon, Wash, received his doc tors at the University of Califor nia this year. He had previously attended the University of Wash ington. Walt Leth, former county agent over in Polk county, has planted lsu acres oi grass this fall on his Camp Adair farm. Including in the seeding were Alta fescue, sub clover, rape, mixed vetches, Ab ruzzi rye, common ryegrass, red fescue, perennial rye, crimson clo ver. This went in at 50 pounds to the acre and with it went 100 pounds of ammonium sulphate The soil was also limed at the rate of two to three ton to the acre. The spot is going to pasture some 500 ewes. At present, there are 370 ewes in the Leth flock but this number is going to be upped in 1951. Walt is running crossbreds. mostly Romney ewes, and using buiiolk, Hampshire and South down rams. State presidents of the Oregon Jersey Cattle club get at least one present during each term in office John Lienhart, senior, Woodburn, maxes a gavel out of an Oregon wood and presents it to the presi dent. Saturday, John Lienhart, junior, made the presentation to Marlin Fox of Molalla. Marlin gets to keep it, too. He doesn't have to hand it on to the next president. The farmers have quite a time when Doug McKay's around (He' Governor Douglas McKay on the front page of our paper, you know). A lot of them went to school with him at Oregon State. They start out with "Doug", get McKay" and "Mack" tangled up in it somewhere and finally settle for "the governor". Now, the gen eral greeting to Doug when he en ters a farm crowd, which he does quite frequently, is "Hi, Gover nor!" He's got one on most of them, though. With this Scotch memory of his he knows just what to call almost each one of them now as he comes into a room of farmers. Consumers attending farm meetings are telling the farmers how to interest them in buying the farm products. The farmers are actually beginning to listen. to the idea, too. Walter Holt, of Pacific International Livestock exposition fame, and also a I larraer , ioia me jersey men Saturday that "If you do a better job in telling the customer what he is buying he wouldn't row so much about buying it." Clackamas county Jersey folk are doing just this. They are sell ing an "All-Jersey" milk under that copyrighted name. It tells how much more cream the buyer gets along with his skimmilk and u seems that Clackamas countv consumers are liking the idea. Anyway the state club is planning to take over the name and push the product throughout the state. Polk County Plans Big Ditching Show Ditching with dynamite will be demonstrated at the Elbert Rags dale farm, Saturday, December 9 at 10 a.m., according to N. John Hansen, county extension agent. Mel Hagood. soil conservation specialist at Oregon State college will assist Ragsdale in the demon stration. The blasting will deepen an out let ditch for a tile drainage sys tem. Anyone interested in observing the placement of dynamite and methods used in this type of ditch ing is invited to do so, Hansen stated. December 7-8 Northwest Tur- key show, Roseburg. December 7-1 Nut Growers society of Oregon and Washing ton, annual meeting, Izaak alton League building, Salem. December 7 Annual Hosslein association meeting 10:30 a.m.. Marion hoteL December f-l Ninth annual Oregon corn show, Silverton arm ory. December II Clackamas Jer sey Cattle dub meeting (story elsewhere on this page). December 17 Marion County Jersey Cattle club meeting. May flower halL Salem. December 18-21 Oregon Seed Growers league, 10th annual meeting. Multnomah hoteL Port land. December 19 Oregon Purebred Sheepbreeders association annual meeting. (Story elsewhere on this page.) January 3-5 Oregon Dairy men's association, annual meeting, Grants Pass. January 11-12 Oregon Essen tial Oil Growers league, Corval lis. January 15-17 Western Ore gon Livestock association, Grants- Pass. January 29-31 State PMA meeting, Hotel Gearhart. Columbia County Jersey Breeders Invite Clackamas Members of the Clackamas County Jersey Cattle club are in vited to be guests at the annua! meeting of the Columbia County Jersey Cattle club, to be held In the basement of the Conxreca tional church, St. Helens, Satur day. December 9, 7 pjn. The Invitation comes from Paul Reeder. president of the Colum bia club, as reciprocation for the hospitality of the Clackamas club when a delegation from the Col umbia club visited the March 12 meeting of the Clackamas club. The annual meetings of the Col umbia County Jersey Cattle club are festive affairs, preceded by seasonal banquet, followed by program that includes Installation of new officers. AH Clackamas County Jersey clubbers who plan to attend are requested to so notify Mrs. Charles Couche as soon as possible so that information on the approximate number of visitors may be relayed to the host club. Corn Show r ir i yjucus rriciav At Armory Oregon's ninth annual State two-day corn show scheduled for December I and t, at the Silrrr ton Armory. wCl really begin on Thursday. Exhibits are requested to be brought to the armory Thursday morning. Rex Warms and K. E. yore. Oregon State col lege, will arrange and Judge the exhibits all before nightfall Thursday. On Friday, exhibits wis be oa display from t JO ajn. to a nm The soil ronsenratlon service wUl snow rree movies throughout the day. Farm Implements wttl be on display In the city parking lot across ine street rrora the arm ory and there will be a special dirplay of hybrid corn brought from Albany. The Friday program VQ be re peated Saturday. In addition Sat urday artemoon at 3 pro. a special program will be given. Included in this will be bagpipe music by W. R. Tomison, an oldUme fid dlers concert, a square dance ex hibition and some talks under the direction of Harry L. Ricbes, Mar ion county agent. rree popcorn wd be served throughout both dsrs by the state corn show committee. TOT-LOTS CHICAGO -(INS)- An Increas ing number of cities are providing neighborhood tot-Iotsw for small children of pre-primary and pri mary school age making it un necessary for parents to send their young a long distance to playgrounds. A typical example of this playground development is in Cambridge, Mass., the American Public Works association reports, where during the summer 12 "tot-lots" were acquired and equipped. The Brooks mountains of north ern Alaska are among the least explored areas under the Ameri can flag. Buy Or 0900 Grown Blueberry Planh Write for Ccrtoloqrue Hcinx Blueberry t Gardens 1 mDe fteata Tae.alaa Bay Bridge ea Highway 111 Newport, Oregoa R. R. Brucellosis is Topic Of Dr. Yonc Talk On Next Sunday State Veterinarian Dr. Yooce, Salem, wiU be ruest speak er at the meeting of the Clacka mas County Jersey Cattle dub, to be held Sunday, December 10. at the Mark Jersey farm, located on the Barlow-Monitor road that junctions from the south wiUt 99 E between Aurora and Canby. Meeting begins with a potluck dinner at noon. The Prevention and Control of Brucellosis (Bangs disease)" will be the subject of Dr. Yooce's talk and discussion. Generalities on this scourge of the dairy Industry will be localized by County Vet erinarian Dr. C H. Se graves, Oregon City, who will explain the nature and extent of his work to make this county a "Bangs free area." 1 GE33I (totalV 000 June Burke, who is sort of new in Marion county as county evten sion agent in home economics, was greeting folk out at Waldo Hills Friday night. She was in attend ance at the Marion County Live stock association meeting there. And speaking of meetings and dinners, those who didn't get out to Waldo Hills certainly missed it At the program following the din ner for the Marion County Live stock association, almost every speaker prefaced his remarks with After that dinner, one of the best I ever had The turkey tasted Just like it was done in your own home kitchen by the best cook in the family. And after the main course, you had your choice of six kinds of homemade pie. They brought them in a tray and you actually had to make your selec tion looking at all the varieties at once. Some of the association .members just couldn't make up their minds so settled for two and three varieties, and that seemed to be all right, too, with the Waldo Hills women. mm 1 9 The jackal is called the "lion's provider." 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